High school roundup for May 9: GCC caps section schedule with victory

Tom Voelker homered, and Ethan Bailey was 2 for 4 with a double and RBI as No. 4 Greensburg Central Catholic defeated Jefferson-Morgan, 6-2, in a Section 2-A baseball game Wednesday.

Bruce Leonard earned the win for the Centurions (12-4, 11-1), who had 10 hits.

Zack Gamble had two hits, including a double and RBI for Jefferson-Morgan (5-8, 4-8).

Connellsville 5, Kiski Area 4 — Cameron Guercio had two hits, including a double, but Kiski Area (4-11) dropped a nonsection game. Ryne Wallace doubled and scored a run for the Cavaliers. Cade Warrick and Tanner Orndoff had three hits apiece for Connellsville (4-12).

Fox Chapel 12, Seneca Valley 3 — Mitch Miles doubled, singled twice and drove in two runs as Fox Chapel defeated Seneca Valley in nonsection play. Alex Miles doubled and had two RBIs, and Noah Marks struck out five to earn the win for Fox Chapel (9-9). Anthony Cinicola doubled for Seneca Valley (9-10).

Freeport 15, Shady Side Academy 3 (5 inn.) — Sean Furlong tripled, singled twice, scored three runs, and had two RBIs for Class 4A No. 3 Freeport in a nonsection win at Shady Side Academy (6-9). The Yellowjackets (12-3) scored 13 runs in the second inning to break an early 2-2 tie. Furlong pitched four innings and struck out five to earn the win. Matt Charlton singled, doubled and drove in three runs.

Highlands 4, Valley 1 — Noah Gillette limited Valley to three hits and struck out six in a complete game pitching performance for Highlands in a nonsection win. Zac Kuniak hit a solo homer for the Golden Rams (4-13) and Nick Cichello doubled. Shane Demharter doubled for the Vikings (10-6).

Latrobe 6, Uniontown 0 — Latrobe (11-8) scored three runs in the bottom of the seventh inning, including Ben Rafferty's fielder's choice that plated Connor Mondock with the winning run, to capture a nonsection win.

Dana Vatakis allowed five hits and had 13 strikeouts for the Class A No. 1 Greyhounds (12-3, 11-1).

Burrell 14, Apollo-Ridge 0 (5 inn.) — Brittany Dunn had four hits, including a double, and pitched four scoreless innings with five strikeouts to lead Burrell (11-4) to a nonsection win. Kelly Nitowski, Cara Fiore, Rikki Wyble and Gabby Britton finished with two hits apiece for the Bucs. Kylee Wynn singled for Apollo-Ridge (6-6).

Butler 8, Armstrong 6 — Makenna Negley was 2 for 4 with a home run and three RBIs as Butler (6-12) won a nonsection matchup.

Mapletown 10, Fort Cherry 6 — Taylor Vanata was 3 for 4 with a triple to help Mapletown (8-7) win a nonsection game.

Penn-Trafford 11, Connellsville 1 (5 inn.) — Class 5A No. 2 Penn-Trafford (16-3) erupted for six runs in the second inning on its way to a nonsection win over No. 5 Connellsville (11-6). Allie Prady and Mackenzie Smith doubled for the Warriors and Morgan Nedley singled twice and drove in two runs.

Plum 5, Mars 3 — Plum (9-9) scored all five of its runs in the second inning on its way to a nonsection win over Mars (10-8). Lindsey Suprano homered and had three RBIs for the Mustangs. MacKenzie Lake had a triple and an RBI and Hannah Blanford doubled.

Steel Valley 7, West Mifflin 2 — Morgan Farrah had a home run and three RBIs, and Angelina Martin added three RBIs as Steel Valley (11-6) won a nonsection contest.

West Greene 13, Bentworth 3 — Jade Renner had three hits and two RBIs, and Madison Lampe had two hits and two RBIs as Class A No. 2 West Greene (16-4) won a nonsection game.

Ligonier Valley 11, Homer-Center 3 — Sara Klinchock was 2 for 4 with a double and three RBIs, and Lindsey Stormer had three doubles and two RBIs to lift Ligonier Valley (15-3, 11-0) to a District 6 Heritage Conference win.

Courtney McKlveen and Kelsey Stormer each added two RBIs.

Girls lacrosse

Latrobe 16, Hempfield 5 — Maddie Stas had four goals and three assists, and Erin Grangeorge and Rave Dupilka each had three goals to lead Latrobe (7-8-1, 7-7) to victory.